Fish spoon bait



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FISH sPooN BAIT Original Filed Nov. 10, 1945 INVENTOR @5M QW ,exposev its .hooks to rstrikes Patented Aug. 5, 1952 lFlsn: srooN BA1@ Edward A. Ebert, Snyder, N. 1 I .t .g

v Substitute for abandoned application Serial/No..

627,899, November 1 interfere ,with its effectiveness 1n luring fish to y make a strike;A

Another-object is vto provideabait whichwill from .different directionsiof. approach. Y

AnotherI4 object is soft body more nearly like Another object is to provide a bait tofprovidefa' bait havinga the live bait it imitates.

which rev sistsdislodgement once the hook is in a ishs jaw.

the body of the bait hook from snagging A further object is to use to guard the point of the weeds.

A still further object is to provide a bait which is relatively simple, durable and inexpensive.

Other objects, advantages and capabilities of the invention will appear from the following description of several embodiments thereof.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan of a spoon having a soft plastic body with its hook on the concave side.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section along line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional plan view taken along line 3-3, Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a front view of the spoon in Figs. 1-3.

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of another spoon having a plastic body with its hook on the convex side.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section along line 6-6 of Fig. 5. l

Fig. 7 is a rear elevation of the spoon in Figs. 5 and 6.

In the embodiments of the invention shown in the drawings, a non-rigid body or spoon having concave-convex faces is provided.

The curvature and shape of such spoons is well known in the art, the particular action of la spoon depending upon curvature, center `of gravity, etc. and other factors. Since the invention is not concerned with how this action is obtained, any of the well known shapes may be used and those shown are for illustrative purposes only.

The bait as illustrated in Figs. 1-4 has its body made of tough resilient plastic material, such 0, 1945. This application November 7, 1947, Serial No. 784`,5811

z" anims. (ol. Li3- 4252) as one `of the polyvinyl alcohols,.polyvinyl.l '1b. maybe produced in attractive colors and made" alsv for', other Vsimilar rubber-likeV material.

clear lor opaque. Also, have various degrees of resilience". f

Since this material is very light in weight fer to use a nose piece 2| of metal,totgive weight. This noseV piece 2| is shaped. to iconforinto' the curvature of the body 29 it maybecompounded to a spring member 22 having anvoutline identical with the nose piece 2| except that a tailportion f 23 extends along thecenter line of the body 2|).v This tail portion 23 is formed with an,A oiiset partl "*fZtv/hich' engages'the lopposite face of the body when 4the tai-l :portion is threaded through the I Openings, and 26 in; lthe-b,Qf.1v -Zilf. as; Shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.

The tail portion 23 serves to stifen or give more rigidity to the body 20 in a longitudinal direction, and thus prevents the point 21 of the hook 28 from gathering weeds, yet does not hinder the hooking of a sh.

The hook shank 29 passes through an opening 30 in the spring member 22 and the hooks eye 3| is positioned in a keyhole slot 32 in the body 20. Thus, when the screw 33 is inserted through a hole in the spring member 22, through the eye 3| and is threaded into the head piece 2|, all parts of the bait are rigidly mounted together. The foremost end of the spring member 22 is bent downwardly through the thickness of the body 20 to lay against the head piece 2|. both being perforated to form the hole 34 for attachment of the usual leader and swivel. A notch 35 may be cut in the body 2 for relative free movement of the body 20 with respect to the point 2l of the hook.

With a soft plastic body it is possible to hook a fish while his jaws engage edgewise against the body 23; but when a hard spoon body is used the width of the spoon prevents a fish from closing his jaws on the hook when in this position. The soit body can fold and ex out of the way of the hook for exposing the hook to the shs mouth andif the fish does not get hooked during the first strike it probably will strike again because ofthe resemblance between the feel of the bait and food found in nature.

The bait shown in Figs. 5-7 is similar to the one just described in Figs. 1-4 but rides with the point of its hook 28 up instead of down. To oiset the lowering of the center of gravity, the head piece 2 la, which in this form is on top, may be made heavier.

and Vblendsn `into .the outline-of the body. VOpposite theinose'piece 2| with the body 20=sandwiched between; i vprovide The hook used on this bait is of the Carlisle type having the point 21a set at an angle to its shank 29a, and projecting beyond the side of its shank as shown clearly in Figs. 5 and 7. The body 20 being of a soft, resilient and exible rubber-like material and the hook point 21a being at an angle with the longitudinal axisof the bait, there are few angles from which a fish could not be hooked on this bait. The notch'35a is also at an angle coincident with that of the offset hook point 21a.

In al1 of the embodiments shown in Figs. 1-7,

the eye of the hook is larger than the openingsv in either the spring members or the head pieces so that if the screws loosen or drop outthe fish would not be lost. Also, thehead pieces and spring members are locked together by the snap on the leader (not shown) always used with baits of this kind.

It will be understood that various changes in the details-materials and arrangementsof parts, whichrhave been herein described and illustrated inorder to explain4 the nature of the invention, may be made by those skilled in .the art within the principle and scope of theV invention, as expressedin the appended claims. l

.Iiclaim as my invention: Y

l. A fish bait ,comprisingl aispoon-like body of sheet `material having a stiffened nose portion, ai'resilient element 'attached at its forward end to said' nose portion. extending rearwardly along the` longitudinal axis of said body and secured to said body intermediate of the ends and side edges ofthe body, and a hook attached at one end to said nose portion, said hook having a shank diverging from said body rearwardly thereof for a rst portion of the length of said shank and said hook having another portion of said shank behind said first portion curved to-i ward said body and pointing forwardly thereof with the free end of said hook disposed in close proximity to the rear end of the body and shielded thereby from weeds, but clearing the body when the body and hook are squeezed together by a sh seizing the bait, to flex the body, thereby exposing the point of the hook for engagement of the fish, the rear end of the body extending rearwardly beyond the pointed end of said hook and having a through opening through which said hooks point may move.

2. The fish bait as recited in claim 'l wherein the resilient element attached at its forward end to said nose portion has sharply turned portions directed substantially perpendicular to the general plane of that element and said body, whereby said element may pass through openings in said body and lie adjacent and parallel to the opposite sides of the sheet material of said body.k

EDWARD A; EBER'nf REFERENCES CITED Thefollowing references are ofurecord ini'the" le of this patent:

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